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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9383274" data-attributes="member: 4534">You're not wrong.  This is one of those proto-marines sold in 1987.  (Not my minature.) [ATTACH=full]368766[/ATTACH]As far as 40k goes, this was the wild, wild west era of Rogue Trader and the setting really didn't solidfy until 40k 2nd edition was released in 1993.  Allegedly these female models didn't sell very well and this is likely the reason why there are no women in the Adeptus Astartes.  A few years back, an author working on book of fiction (as opposed to the rule books) included a female Custodes character but was told no because GW didn't sell any female Custodes models. Strictly speaking Space Marines aren't clones of the Emperor but I think they use some of his genetic material.  Custodes use more of the Emperor's genetic material and it's why they're tougher than Space Marines.  I'd have to do a deep dive into the lore and I'm not really the right person for that.  But basically, for whatever in fiction reason, the geneseeds used by the Space Marines don't work on girls.  Whatever geneseed they used for Custodes didn't work on girls either until GW suddenly decided it did.Death to heretics.  That's what's between their legs.  And that's the thing.  You've got to be able to look at a 28-32mm scale model from three feet away and be able to tell what it's all about.  If I'm painting a woman I want it to be obvious from three feet  away that it's supposed to be a woman.  If it's not obvious then what's the point?</blockquote>

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